Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

"what!"

With a scream, Shen Yao woke up from his sleep.

Shen Yao looked at the bamboo roof above his head in a daze, and then gradually came back to his senses.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Shen Yao let out a long breath. He had another nightmare.

Since childhood, Shen Yao has had a nightmare from time to time, a nightmare that has lasted for more than ten years of his life.

The content of the nightmare was very strange. Every time, Shen Yao dreamed that he was drowning in a dark and dirty chaos. He was unable to struggle or move, and could only watch himself being swallowed by the darkness and filth.

It's like this every time, and every time I can clearly feel that desperate and suffocating feeling.

Shen Yao didn't know why he kept having such a nightmare. As Shen Yao became an immortal, he found that the content of his nightmares had changed. Every time when he was about to be submerged by the darkness and filth, Shen Yao could feel that there was an eye staring at him in the chaos.

Recalling the content of the nightmare, Shen Yao couldn't help but rub his eyebrows.

Shen Yao's family was not wealthy. Compared with those ghost and god families in the Yu Dynasty, Shen Yao's parents were just a pair of casual Taoist couples who established a small Taoist family after seeing no hope for the future.

Shen Yao's birth made Shen Yao's parents extremely excited, but faced with Shen Yao's long-standing nightmare problem, Shen Yao's parents tried every possible way to solve it but failed, and praying to gods or asking for medicine was of no use.

Fortunately, Shen Yao did not have nightmares every day. After a long time, he got used to it.

Originally, Shen Yao thought he had already gotten used to it, but the sudden changes in nightmares in the past few days made Shen Yao a little confused. He wondered if there was something wrong with the environment he was in.

Walking out of his small bamboo house, Shen Yao looked around. There were green bamboo forests with birds and beasts playing among them. Rich spiritual energy was spreading, floating like mist between the mountains and forests, turning into a hazy fairyland.

Looking around, there are many small bamboo houses like Shen Yao's. All the bamboo houses are scattered in an orderly manner among the mountains and forests, surrounded by lush green bamboo forests. A path runs through all the bamboo houses and leads to the depths of the misty mountain path.

Each small bamboo house has its own separate fence. It looks simple, but in fact it has its own magic circle restrictions. It not only defends against water, fire, swords and guns, but also makes it difficult for outsiders to enter.

Along with the sounds of birds singing and insects chirping, clear light gradually shone through the forest among the mist. The mottled light came through, and Shen Yao felt refreshed as he breathed in the fresh spiritual energy among the bamboo forest.

As the copper bells hanging on the bamboo houses began to jingle, the copper bells on all the bamboo houses in the bamboo forest began to jingle, and then became one.

Gradually, people came out of the surrounding bamboo houses. They were of different ages, both men and women, wearing the same white Taoist robes. As soon as they went out, they began to bow and greet the people around them.

Shen Yao also greeted the people around him, and then everyone left their respective yards and walked deeper into the forest through the mist along the forest path.

As Shen Yao walked out of the bamboo forest and crossed the mountain stream, gradually going higher and higher, the clouds and mist dissipated and the view suddenly became clear.

Looking back, clouds and mist are lingering around the mountainside, and green bamboos and cypresses are everywhere, full of vitality.

Birds are singing, white apes are howling in the valley, and mist is rising in the mountains, revealing a colorful glass light.

Turning my head and looking upwards, I walked up the stone steps in front of me and saw two towering peaks, shaped like broken horns, supporting the heaven and earth.

Between the two peaks leaning against the sky, a blue sun was emitting brilliant light, illuminating the mountains and rivers. As the blue light shone, a layer of hazy glow rippled out, covering the sky and the earth.

Shen Yao looked at the jade platform and corridors among the red maples and green cypresses, looked at the palaces and pavilions on the mountain peaks, and finally looked at the jade buildings under the blue sun. A smile appeared on his face.

Cranes are flying in the sky, spiritual beasts are leaping, the rosy clouds are bright and auspicious, it is a magnificent scene of immortals.

This is Jinhua Mountain.

This is the place where True Lord Yuchen Lingyuan killed the evil dragon. The head of the evil dragon was cut off by the True Lord and turned into these continuous mountains. The True Lord moved the spiritual veins to replenish the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and purify the resentment and anger of the evil dragon. He also established a Taoist temple here to teach the Taoist methods and help many people achieve immortality.

"Don't look at it, they're already coming up there, let's go quickly."

The companion urged in a low voice.

Shen Yao came back to his senses and looked to one side. Sure enough, there were groups of people climbing up the stone steps on the path. Shen Yao also quickly quickened his pace. They were only outer disciples at the moment and could only live at the foot of the mountain. Only if they learned the Taoist inner skills and circulated the spiritual energy around their bodies, could they become inner disciples and live on the mountainside.

Up and down the mountainside, it is not just a question of the purity of spiritual energy, but also a question of the future. Only by entering the inner gate can one be qualified to truly learn the way to become an immortal and have the hope of longevity.

Shen Yao knew very well that none of those who were able to get started were mediocre.

Starting from Tianmen Gorge, to Yunrao Cliff, to the Road of Questioning the Heart, and finally to Feixiantai, each level has eliminated a large number of monks with weak wills or those with guilty consciences.

These levels, from constitution, to understanding, to Tao heart, and finally to original nature, were used to test the basic qualities of nearly 100,000 people who gathered at the foot of Jinhua Mountain to seek immortality, but only a few thousand were able to enter in the end.

Not everyone who can enter Jinhua Mountain can see the immortals.

Shen Yao and his companions first received clothes and pills, and a book of martial arts techniques, and then lived and practiced breathing at the foot of the mountain.

They must first use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in Jinhua Mountain to replace the mottled spiritual energy and the worldly energy in their bodies. What's more, some even need to replace the energy of incense in their bodies.

Only in this way can we proceed to the next step.

After inhaling and exhaling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and replacing the magic power in the body through breathing exercises, it is time to disperse the power and rebuild the foundation with the Jinhua Mountain's skills.

This step can be fast or slow. After laying the foundation, you can enter the inner gate and listen to profound Taoist teachings.

However, Shen Yao and his companions do not breathe in and out on the mountainside every day. All beginners can go up the mountain every once in a while, and the True Lord will give lectures.

When the bronze bell rang, it was the day to go up the mountain to listen to the Dharma.

Apart from this, all monks are free to move around the mountainside, breathing on their own, discussing Taoism with others, or even fighting with each other, without any major restrictions.

As long as you follow the precepts when entering the mountain, such as not killing each other, not bullying fellow disciples, not preaching the teachings randomly, etc., there will be no problem.

It has been more than three months since Shen Yao and his group of cultivators began to follow the path, but the True Lord has only given them a sermon once.

And that time, it was not the True Lord himself who was preaching, but a clone of the True Lord.

Even so, the legal principles he expounded made Shen Yao and others fascinated.

At this moment, the bell rang again, and everyone was extremely excited, as they had finally waited for the second sermon.

When Shen Yao and his companions reached the mountainside and the square paved with jade, on this wide square, some monks who had arrived earlier were already standing in their positions, waiting for the True Lord to descend.

Soon, as thousands of monks arrived and found their positions, thousands of monks wearing white Taoist robes and Jinhua Mountain jade pendants on their waists all looked forward.

A female cultivator in a green Taoist robe came riding on a cloud. When she saw everyone was there, she said, "Outer sect disciples are all here, respectfully welcoming the True Lord to preach."

Shen Yao and the surrounding monks all bowed and said, "We respectfully welcome the True Lord to preach."

Thousands of monks chanted and worshipped in unison, with such a mighty force that the surging immortal energy in the surroundings caused ripples.

After everyone bowed three times, they saw a ray of spiritual light shining down from the blue sun. In a moment, in the sky, a figure wearing a black crane robe and a green jade crown on the head slowly solidified.

Shen Yao bowed again and greeted the figure in front of him like everyone else.

All the monks looked solemn and performed the ceremony very respectfully.

They knew who they were paying homage to; that was a true immortal from the heaven beyond heaven, the immortal who had slain the evil dragon and entered the netherworld.

That is the master of Jinhua Mountain, Yuchen Lingyuan Zhenjun.

At that moment, thousands of monks bowed together and said:
"Disciple greets the True Lord." (End of this chapter)